Sam Possemiers has a master degree in Bioscience Engineering and obtained the McKinsey Young Scientist Price for his PhD work on the relationship between microorganisms and the activity of phytoestrogens from hops. He has been using and improving the technology platform round the SHIME and won 5 scientific awards based on results generated with the model.
Massimo Marzorati has a master degree in Environmental and Alimentary Biotechnology and is an expert in microbial ecology and analysis of mixed microbial communities. He obtained a PhD on "Microbial ecology of complex environments' awarded by the Italian Society of Microbiology and Biotechnology as the best italian thesis in year 2007. He also gained expertise on gastrointestinal microbiology.
Willy Verstraete has been professor at Ghent University and organized LabMET around the central theme of mixed microbial communities and microbial resource management. He obtained the 5-year prize for scientific excellence of the Belgian Science Foundation and several other international prizes. He also has a track-record of starting up several spin-off companies from LabMET.